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'But I don't WANT my photograph, saken for the Friendly Father contest."

BRITONS FLOCKING TO

London Express Service

BUY

HOUSES ON SUNSHINE ISLE

Montego Bay (Jamaica), THERE is a Jamaican here who rows visitors round the bay to see

the coral reefs. His name is

BY

JAMES LEASOR

hos sold nearly every one tourists.

to

I'm

Sefton Delmer's

not NEWSMAP

so certain it's a win

MR BEVIN, up

the signing of the Appointments for the first time

in post-war Greece. Atlantic Pact, says "the cold war has been won .. at least in Western Europe."

Americans writing of the re- cent changes in the Kremlin a hy of basing their speculations on the assumption that Stalin is conscious of "hls recent defeats in the cold war."

have

My American colleagues have a network of able reporters at

their disposal throughout the world. Mr Bevin has access to a wealth of information. trom both open and secret sources.

And yet I wonder.

To make sure that Papagos would not fear he was being double-crossed, young up-and- coming Spiro Markesinos, leader of a small opposition group of 14 deputies, and a trusted friend both of General Papagos and the king. was introduced into the inner War Cabinet as Minister without portfolio.

PERIL IN GREECE

In

B the time I arrived

Athens last week the Greck Army, Rghting with a. now morale and a new discipline, had. heavily defeated the guerillas.

Weck after week travel

And the politicians? Belleve around my parish taking the it or not, they are so couident temperature of the capitals and that the guerillas ure finished villages.

and done with and the Com- As I read the thermometer the munist peril banned for good cold war is still far from over, that they are rebelling against Over confidence and wishful the powers conferred on Papa- optimism are not the least of gus, the perils.

THE KING ACTED

S

last 1 found Athens.

wock in

rc-

of o

As a first step in their com- palen to put him in his place. they are attempting to Dust Markesinos.

..

Il Markesinos is ousted and Papagos's power is undermined, then there is no question in my mind: However much the Polit buro and the Cominforin may be preoccupied with Tito at the

see many more offensives from

Greece and the Peloponnese.

considerable part of Northern the Communists.

Four months ago the Greeks Hotels sprout like mushrooms were, in despair. The Com- along this coast. Ex-Army offi-munist guerillas, heavily cers sink gratuities into a few inforced from Albunia and Bul- moment the war in Greece will Captain Bill. He is A Coward diplomat. At the bow of would be impossible

was told that it "Mad Woman of Chaillot." Now bedroom suites and a bar and garla, had seized control

to build his tiny row-boat flies the on a solid rock, but he thought New York's most discussed play, bope that sun, the on and the Union Jacks; at the stern, otherwise. Part of the rock was end it is one of the great allegoride them with their guests.

It stars British Martita Hunt, good goddess Fortune will pro- Old Glory. And this sums dynamited away-and the house up the whole island, making went up, the best of both worlds, the Old and the New.

seven unlit eleven.

This year more Britons than ever before have fol- lowed the sun to this ster ling island. And many of or both. them have fallen so deeply

les of this age and stage.

They were making successful raids in force on big towns with populations up to 80,000. They held the towns for a few days, then

Clare Boothe's visit Inn Fleming, brother of author The sun comes out of the sen

ATEST hotel to hang out its each morning and finds him a l'eter, also has a house on this

Il has its own private sign is run by an old Assam work on the second part of his count.

He writes from beach approached by the cauth- tea-planter. He is Captain Oscar autobiography.

spends the us with trepidation down a long Michael Hetherington. His hotel rest of the day lazing, bathing light of concrete steps. The Is at Runaway Bay, which takes rooms are charmingly decorated its name from the fact that the

culouna With him is netor Grabran with ot

rc- prints of lost Spanish governor, Christovat in love with her perfect payn and a puppy called Rylin, houses and curious fish. It is a Arnoldo de Yassl, fled the island fusion of the Old and the after a famous pirate, Noel house to be happy in. New that they have bought boasts that this beast, ban the houses here.

sharpest teeth of any deg on the. ond, it is no idle elnim, 1 bear sears to prove it.

High up in the hills hve Sir Willium and Laudy

Spending a short time with Stephenson. During the

Mr and Mrs Clive him are war Sir William was Dirge Hark, who say they also want a Lor of British Security Co- hours here, and John C. Wilson, ordination in the Western who has been Coward's associnic

he

EXODUS ENDED?

N Rome airport walling with

wou

They were delighted, so one of them told me, because they had managed to get on this aircraft. For it is kely to be one of the last to leave Progue with Jaws for Teract.

me retired carrying off with

were a group of Czech them arms, provisions, and pri- Jews on their way to Palestine soners, whom they press-ganged in a Czech Airlines plane. The into joining them as soldlers. satisfaction in their faces

not just the satisfaction of the The Government army was pilgrim. demoralised. Two divisions had mutinied. Generals were quar- relling among themselves, fusing to obey. each other's orders. The Government coali from it in 1655. Tough old Yasstion was disintegrating. There Near by is a small, white rowed away snorlly in a native was no leader, bungalow with a wrought-iron canoe, eventually reached Cuba,

And then the King stepped

Czechoslovakia, despite the front door, It belongs to Jean

arms, in-energelle young King Paul help it has given with Batten, who lives there with her a hundred miles away.

guna, aircraft, and pilots to the mother. She has given up flying.

of Greece. Bocked Brooding in the bar over this

by the Jews in their fight to drive out ourselves, Americans and

the Arab Inhabitants from Hotels like rushrooms navigational feat was what persuaded the politicians to for Palestine, has joined the Soviet haired, cold-eyed Captain Bert-get their squabbles, broaden Union and the other satellite HE was the first person to fly ram Mitford, uncle of the late their Cabinet by taking in sonic States in an all-out

of the opposition, and appoint the Zionista. Hemisphere. Now he divides producer for nearly 30 years. He alone from England to Aus Unity. He bemonned the fact as commander-in-chief with full his time between London, York, where he produced Cole first woman to make

from New Tralik and back again, and the that so little has been. written powers General Papagos, the

a solo about Jamaica.

soldier who in 1940, ind

They have closed down So New York and Montego. Porter's latest show, "Kiss Me, fight to South America across

Distribution Committee, brilliantly defeated the Invading Joint Everyone knows when Kate."

the South Atlantis, She made Blonde, acid-tongued Clare Italians,

slopped almost all emigration to they are at home, for theri a

Israel, expelled Zionists both these fights in 1935. But Boothe Luce says that her slay she is still as elim and slight and her has given her an idea for Papagos was given powers the Communist-controlled Jew- which one of the Greek com Ish community councils, ond sining as she was then, a comedy. And Leslie Charteris,manders. nghting the Com- even refused transit visas to A way between the two British Hector Whistler, coush of the creator of The Saint, says that munists had enjoyed so far, He Jews from Poland wishing “lo By theatrical peaks of Novello and famous Rex, has been holding he is considering a new novel was authorised to dismiss and to Lydds via Prague, Coward, is an American, Alfred one-man art show in the lounge with a Jamaican background.

has de Lingre, who produced of on hotel near Port Marla. He Jean Giraudoux's magnificent has painted 20 Jamaican sornes,

has just flown in

searchlight blazes out from House to be happy in an upper window. It lights ALONG the coast road, half up their open-air lounge us they sip cocktails, and also lets their friends know that A welcome awaits them. Enter Gladys Cooper

CROSS the valley from the Stephensons Is a bungalow

with a curious, castle-like tur- ret in its roof. Under this turvet,

the last touches

which is hollow, its Ivor Novello, putting

between

THE LIGHT-UP SONG

Bubert Barracks, Lincoln, TX-INFANTRYMAN

"The Show interested

~~(London Express Scrutto),

promote officers without con- sulting the politicians. Military efficiency and not party patron-

•

By J. W. TAYLOR

when the

one snovy Indeed. it caused several ot used as a broadcast signal to to his latest musical show, e Gregg was not particularly February morning in 1840, Hubert's pals to make o pact Resistance movements that ine has not yet deelded on its name,

He had the inspiration for with him to meet and sing the the litter of 121 wavers

In Piccadilly Hights as the first song in the middle of song Princess" and "King's Rhapsody." London's Piccadily

on fbust- will say nothing about it except they went up in all their for sampling tomatoes

the job comp conce", den years. As he mingled with for the coming the and Leicester Square looking script paper. Back in the hur.

of the Hubert

that it is set at the end of the mer glory for the first time in his pals thought it just lights did go on again.

kept

him, and clown

attack on

the

from

JEWS UNDER FIRE

IN the Soviet Union the attack:

on the Zionists hns now taken on the famuliar colours of an attack on Jews in general.

The majority of Intellectuals under are in the current ramp- age against theatrical, musical and literary critics are Jews. Invasion was about to start.

They are denounced as "home" less cosmopolitans." The Soviet *

newspapers have even been giv- Hubert came In for some Ing the Jewish nomes of the

last century.

Then, in 1943. Hubert strolled criticisin for writing "this deca- men they denounce in brackets dilty." Some letters to after their adopted Russian Novello, tauned, grey-halmen crowds milling around Eros An old envelope was his manu. Into a club jubt of Plegadily dent

Here the revellers the newspapers were faintly names. Thus Moscow's Literary and wearing enormous hörn-

for wartime Army pals of the fiting was cleaning his rifle Circus.

annoyed about Rt. What does Gazette denounced " malignant rimmed spectacles, pads bare Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

When the music for his sone heard this soldier en leave sing Hubert say about it all? Says putrid story by Melnikov (Mel-

his strangely quaint ret au foot about his bungalow, proud-

"Apologies, where neces- man)" and "the cynient,” Im- in case they did keep that

paper. Then he sparkling cong. George Black he went on the by showing visitors his blue

chameful spirits pudent activities of B. Yakovlev bathrooms, his groen tiled verati-

eran-to meet at the light-up, het burst upon

and part Ma Tas

of of myself parcut

and my hut-mates. (Holzman)," one ear cocked for the voice tried the song out on the boys, got to hear of it, and soon it eary, for the dah.

ings or Call, who was and by the time they had to get "Strike A New Note" ni He spends his mornings

the But, please, the song was never

Only Poland provides an in- intended to be swimming, his afternoons read-|

Theatre, Zee perched high above the crowds "fell in," half the platoon were Prince of Wales'

a cat-out-of-

teresting divergence by not join- ing or working. rarely wears

at a BBC microphone on the humming it. Platoon Screen Cinil and Sid Fields singing the the-bag' expression of national ing in the general attack. anything ΣΠΟΤΟ thun beach Criterion Restaurant balcony.

Smedley wasn't at all pleased West End version in while the policy. It was just breakfast clothes.

about this being lit up.

ail tails. Jack Warner brand- doggeret and pull-through music But I doubt whether the ren-- Zena Staying with him are

cast the Cockney version, and, in to help thirty-old Yellow Bel-son for this is, as some suggest. Dare. Olive Gilbert and Robert

Suddenly the cheers which

Now York, Hildegarde gove Bes'-Lincolnshire lads to you- that out of 11 members of the Andrews. He hopes that Gladys hailed the switch-on ceremony But the song pleased the the American counterpart. As for through their tomatoes on toast Warsaw Folitburo Revon are'

the Cooper will fiy In soon.

stilled ns Zec aong

"and thereafter the Lincoln's, it enimp concert, new

was their and ride drill." Eighty miles further along the famous song: "I Am Going To many of the Lincolns sang i theme song in and out of battle. Gold Coast-so-called by cynical Get Lit Up When The Lights Go on the march and went into

But Hubert has long since locals because of the fabulous Up. In London-a song pub- battle on it. But up in Tina

Now, whatever your feelings* everybody. peace I didn't prices asked and received in Ita | Ilshers at first rejected; the ditty Pan Alley

appoal

Tin Pan

Alicy publishers made his

When the London lights did go may be about this polley. It car hotels-is Noel Coward.

which drew newspaper letters didn't seem sort of the right fell over one another to print on again the other week-end, tainly does not look like the He has built himself a new of protest and a mild breadeant mood with the war lasting so the song. The sheet music was the BBC und Zoe Gall put over policy of a man who is conscious house bang on the edge of a rebuke from J.B. Priestley; the long and the blackout keeping published in every free country his song in a big way, and made of having suffered defeat. It. cliff, is proud of his superb view song which quite suddenly on. One London publiclicy, in the world, including Austra of sen, mountains and forest, one caught on and swept the war- whose face must have got very lia, where it was frowned upon it quite a feature of the switch-shows no tendency to conclliate. of the best in Jamalen. Like a time stage of London and New red since, returned it with the by some radio networks; and in

has no the occupied countries 'be- As for the Lincolns, it is be- the cold war has been won. Not. | city that is set on a hill, his York. I was the song which comment: "This song

house cannot be hid, and he has Hubert wrote whilst having on commercial possibilities," But come an "under the counter" ginning to rival their Regimental even in Western Europa.

Ariny breakfast at Burton Road the Lincolns kept on singing it. melody. Later, the tune was "Lincolnshire Poacher" march. intention of hiding it.

:

on ceremony."

Jows.

For Jawa also dominate the other satellite Politburos.

No, Mr. Bevin, I do not think

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